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Hi, I'm Antony and I came to be a photographer via engineering, popular music, plumbing, classical music, building maintenance, separation, divorce, fine art painting, college lecturing and caring for an elderly relative. Doubtless you are thinking this was a rather...
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So it's Sunday today and I went out and shot a lot of images yesterday so I'm kind of chilling today pouring over my images and thought wow its been a very long time since I blogged, so upon sitting down in front of my computer I pondered what to blog about.... hmmm.... I...
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Insects are a very interesting subject to photograph. Can be useful, however, to have some foresight, to get a better result.
Know your "enemy" insects are an interesting subject to photograph because they are virtually everywhere, but it must be familiar...
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Hello friends!
Here I want to show you a new script for Adobe Illustrator which automatically cuts and deletes vector objects outside Artboard. Super Magic Eraser script. See this video: Video on YouTube
Use this script for cropping, reduce the file size, delete graphic...
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Is there an ideal size for Dreamstime?
I am never quite sure whether to shoot all of my photos at full size 6016/5637px
Or 4500/3000px or even take at full size and then reduce, the reason being that when I have tried a few different searches on DT the smaller photos seem...
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Hello Dreamstime Bloggers,
Let me show you how to use the new cropping tool to create beautiful blog posts:
Step 1 - Click on the crop image button.
Step 2 - Enter the image ID that you want to crop and click "Load image".- you can use only dreamstime....
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I know 3 ways in Adobe Illustrator to crop vector artwork, seamless pattern etc:
Crop in Pathfinder panel. But it is a destructive method. All shapes cut each other like confetti :)
Divide Objects Below. Unfortunately this method very laborious. I should manually delete...
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Hello,
Last month i decided i wanted to part from my old Canon 400D and its kit lens. Now I face one big decision: which Canon body should become my "new partner in crime"?
At the moment my options are the follwing:
1. Canon 7D
2. Canon 5D mark II
3. Canon 6D (which...
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Macrophotography is a lot of fun and one of the most rewarding kind of photography you can do. But it can also be an expensive proposition --- the camera, the lens, and the medical bills if you happen to annoy a few insects in the process :) While you can definitely start...
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Macrophotography presents its own set of challenges quite distinct from your usual photography. First of all, you have to spring for the lens, and that's nothing to sneeze at. Then, you have to get dirty --- I mean, you have to kneel, sit, even lie on the ground to take...
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Summer is here and for me finding time to get out and take photographs is tough, as a small holder summer is my busiest time so I am making do with trying to make the most of my crops to increase my potfolio.
Fortunately summer is a bountiful time and it right now it feels...
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Had the chance to attend once more the WRC Rally Acropolis event in Greece, one of the toughest competitions in the WRC championship. Here are some tips to remember as a photographer:
•There is lots and lots and lots of dust. Make sure your camera is covered and protected!...
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For my first post here in my Dreamstime blog i wanted to mention the one thing that frustrates me the most about stock photos...
I would love it if Photographers would not zoom in so much upon their subject. As a raw image i can perform my own zooming in photoshop. And...
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We keep getting emails from buyers where they complain about poor cropping of images. Not poor compositions, but poor cropping in regards for file usability. We were asked to pass the following comment directly to our community —
Received by feedback form on the site:...
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In practical condition while shooting many times it is not possible to frame your subject as one is visualizing the shot. There may be number of reasons like the situation doesn't permit, limitation of lens zoom, the shortage of time to frame properly etc. My best advice...
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Insects are an especially challenging subject to photograph for several reasons. They're small and flighty, which poses a need for balance between depth of field and fast shutter speed while trying to get close enough for a full-frame shot without startling the subject out...
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If you go to greece, athens is probably the place where you will land.
It is a beautiful city with worldfamous landmarks.
Most famous is the acropolis it was built around the 5th century, a religious complex of several temples,
two of them are still remaining : the temples...
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As if there weren't enough things to think about, I recently started thinking about yet another aspect (pun intended) of stock photography: aspect ratio. I got a compact camera this Christmas and discovered that it was 4:3, rather than 3:2 as I'm used to with a DSLR. This...
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